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Serving Beaumont, TX and surrounding areas. (409) 247-1986
Advanced Beaumont Deck & Fence is a locally owned deck builder serving Port Arthur, TX, building pool decks, custom decks, wood fences, and covered patios for homeowners across Jefferson County. Our crews are experienced with the older housing stock, clay soils, and heavy rainfall that define this area, and we have been serving the Port Arthur community regularly since our founding.
Port Arthur homeowners with inground pools deal with two specific challenges: heavy clay soil that shifts under a concrete slab, and nearly 60 inches of annual rainfall that needs somewhere to drain. A properly built pool deck accounts for both - the surface slopes correctly away from the pool, and the base is prepared so the clay soil movement does not crack the deck within the first few seasons.
Many Port Arthur homes were built between the 1940s and 1970s on non-standard lot sizes, and a custom deck designed for your specific yard avoids the fit problems that come with prefab or cookie-cutter solutions. We design around your home's door placement, your yard's drainage grade, and the soil conditions specific to your neighborhood.
Port Arthur's humidity and rainfall are hard on wood, and many decks in the city - especially those built before 2000 - were not constructed with materials rated for this level of moisture. Soft boards, loose railings, or a deck frame that has shifted away from level are all signs that repair or full replacement is needed before the problem reaches the structure beneath.
Vinyl fencing holds up better than wood in Port Arthur's coastal humidity because it does not absorb moisture, does not rot, and does not need painting or staining to maintain its appearance. For homeowners near Sabine Lake or in neighborhoods with poor natural drainage, vinyl is often the lower-maintenance choice over a decade of ownership.
Port Arthur's outdoor season is long but the summer heat is intense, and an uncovered deck becomes unusable on many afternoons from May through September. A permanent patio cover or roof over your deck extends the usable season significantly and protects the decking surface from the UV exposure that fades and degrades materials faster here than in cooler climates.
Proximity to Sabine Lake and the surrounding wetlands means mosquitoes are a real issue in Port Arthur, especially from April through October. A screened porch or screened deck gives you a usable outdoor space without fighting insects, and with the right screening material rated for coastal salt air, it holds up without rusting or tearing in the first few years.
Port Arthur sits at low elevation near the Gulf Coast on heavy clay soil, and that combination creates a specific set of problems for any outdoor structure. The clay swells with every rain cycle and contracts during dry stretches, which puts constant movement pressure on footings that are not deep enough. Pair that with close to 60 inches of annual rainfall and you have a climate that will expose poor construction choices within a few years, not decades. Many of the older homes in Port Arthur - especially the mid-century wood-frame construction that makes up a large share of the city's housing stock - were not built or maintained with this level of moisture stress in mind.
Hurricane Harvey demonstrated in 2017 just how severe flooding can be in Port Arthur, with large parts of the city taking on several feet of water. Some homes were repaired quickly and some were not repaired thoroughly, which means the baseline condition of the existing outdoor structures varies widely across neighborhoods. A contractor who works in Port Arthur regularly knows to check what is underneath before assuming a deck frame or fence post is worth salvaging. They also know that drainage planning is not an afterthought here - it is part of the initial design. The clay soil does not drain freely, the terrain is flat, and standing water after any significant rain is a real possibility if the site prep was not done correctly the first time.
Our crew works throughout Port Arthur regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect deck builder work here. Port Arthur sits in one of the largest refinery corridors in the country - Motiva, TotalEnergies, and Valero all have major operations in the area - and many of the city's homeowners have lived on these streets for years. The neighborhoods closer to the industrial waterfront and near Pleasure Island sit very close to Sabine Lake, which means salt air and moisture are constant factors for any exposed wood or metal component.
The older neighborhoods in Port Arthur feature a mix of pier-and-beam and slab-on-grade construction, which affects how we approach deck footings and drainage on every project. Pier-and-beam homes in particular need careful site assessment because the crawl space drainage patterns can affect what happens to soil moisture around a new deck. We have encountered homes here where the existing deck frame was partially rotted but the homeowner had no idea because the deterioration was happening at the connection point to the house, not at the visible surface boards. That kind of thorough look at the whole structure is how we approach every job in Port Arthur.
We also serve the communities that border Port Arthur to the north and west. If you are in Nederland or across Jefferson County in Beaumont, we cover those areas with the same crew and the same local knowledge about soil, climate, and permitting.
Reach out by phone or through our contact form and describe your project. We respond to all Port Arthur-area inquiries within one business day.
We visit your property to assess drainage, soil conditions, and what the build requires. You receive a detailed written estimate before any work begins - no surprise line items added later.
We file the permit application with the City of Port Arthur on your behalf and schedule construction once the permit is approved. You do not have to manage the city paperwork yourself.
Our crew cleans the job site at the end of each workday. We coordinate the final inspection before we consider the project closed, so you know the work has been reviewed and signed off.
We serve neighborhoods across Port Arthur and Jefferson County, from Pleasure Island to the older streets closer to downtown. Call us or fill out the form and we will respond within one business day.
(409) 247-1986Port Arthur is a city of roughly 55,000 people in Jefferson County, sitting at the southeastern corner of Texas near the Louisiana border. The city is built on flat, low-elevation land bordering Sabine Lake to the east and connected to the Gulf of Mexico through the Sabine-Neches Waterway. Port Arthur is best known as an industrial port city - home to some of the largest petroleum refineries in the United States, including Motiva Enterprises and TotalEnergies - and that industrial identity has shaped its neighborhoods and its housing stock for over a century. The city is also the hometown of rock legend Janis Joplin, who grew up here before leaving for San Francisco in the 1960s.
Most of Port Arthur's residential neighborhoods were developed between the 1940s and 1970s, during the city's oil boom years. Single-family homes are primarily one-story wood-frame construction on pier-and-beam or slab foundations, and many are owner-occupied by long-term residents who have lived in the same home for decades. The recreational side of the city centers on Pleasure Island, a man-made peninsula bordered by Sabine Lake and the Intracoastal Waterway that serves as a fishing and boating hub for the whole region. Nearby, Nederland to the northwest and Beaumont further north share similar building stock and climate conditions, and together form the core of the Jefferson County market we serve.
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